Patents by Inventor David Kearney Burton

David Kearney Burton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Integrated voice access to a variety of personal information services
    Patent number: 6650735
    Abstract: Facilitating voice access to personal information in a manner that the caller may voice command an action to be performed in response to hearing a particular personal information item. The voice commanded action is then automatically performed even if the action requires access to another personal information item of a different type. A voice access server receives a caller-issued voice command to hear a first item of personal information (such as a calendar item) corresponding to a first personal information type. Then, the voice access server automatically accesses the requested information, and audibly speaks the item to the caller. The caller may then submit a voice request to act on the first item of personal information. The voice access server then automatically accesses any other personal information needed to perform the requested action, even if access to a different personal information type is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Kearney Burton, Gayle Ayers Elam, Simonie Justine Hodges Becker, Shawn Domenic Loveland
  • Integrated voice access to a variety of personal information services
    Publication number: 20030059000
    Abstract: Facilitating voice access to personal information in a manner that the caller may voice command an action to be performed in response to hearing a particular personal information item. The voice commanded action is then automatically performed even if the action requires access to another personal information item of a different type. A voice access server receives a caller-issued voice command to hear a first item of personal information (such as a calendar item) corresponding to a first personal information type. Then, the voice access server automatically accesses the requested information, and audibly speaks the item to the caller. The caller may then submit a voice request to act on the first item of personal information. The voice access server then automatically accesses any other personal information needed to perform the requested action, even if access to a different personal information type is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: David Kearney Burton, Gayle Ayers Elam, Simonie Justine Hodges Becker, Shawn Domenic Domenic Loveland